SEMINAR: Plant Biology research seminars

Barley is an important cereal crop and is relatively sensitive to waterlogging but some variation in tolerance has been observed. There are, however, gaps in knowledge of the effects of waterlogging on the uptake of nutrients by seminal and adventitious roots of barley, and of how adventitious root porosity is related to root functions. To address these questions a series of experiments were conducted. Overall, the results and findings from my thesis have contributed new knowledge to this field (especially through the study of the comparative physiology of selected genotypes in stagnant conditions; highlighting different criterion such as adventitious root numbers and porosity; exploring seminal root porosity; determining effects on K+ and Cl- uptake rates) of waterlogging tolerance in barley.